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32YO Social Worker Pleads Not Guilty To Posing As 13YO Special-Needs Child

Shelby Hewitt
  • A 32-year-old social worker has pleaded not guilty to nine indictments after she allegedly posed as a 13-year-old foster child to enroll at three Boston Public Schools.
  • Shelby Hewitt, 32, has been accused by prosecutors of pretending to be a traumatized child with special needs to carry out an elaborate enrollment scheme.
  • On Tuesday, she pleaded not guilty to five felony forgery counts, identity fraud, larceny over $1,200, and public employee standards of conduct violation, according to WCVB.
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